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Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Plasticity Année : 2023

Interaction between 1/2<110>{001} dislocations and {110} prismatic loops in uranium dioxide: Implications for strain-hardening under irradiation

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Plasticity of irradiated UO 2 is of major interest to improve the risk assessment of the nuclear fuel cladding failure in the case of design basis accidents. In this study, we investigate the main irradiation-hardening processes induced by {110} irradiation loops interacting with glissile dislocations of the primary slip system, 1/2<110>{001}, of UO 2. The interactions are simulated at two scales using molecular dynamics and discrete dislocation dynamics, to characterise local interactions and identify strengthening configurations as a function of the dislocation-irradiation loop geometry. In particular, we show that 1/2<110>{001} screw dislocations can be strongly pinned by helical turn configurations. Statistical large-scale discrete dislocation simulations are performed to investigate the collective behaviour of a large density of irradiation defects and quantify irradiation hardening. Several microstructural processes including loop drag and shovelling are observed and their involvement in clear band formation and hardening of UO 2 fuel at high temperature is discussed.
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hal-04169225 , version 1 (24-07-2023)

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Marion Borde, Laurent Dupuy, Adrien Pivano, Bruno Michel, David Rodney, et al.. Interaction between 1/2<110>{001} dislocations and {110} prismatic loops in uranium dioxide: Implications for strain-hardening under irradiation. International Journal of Plasticity, 2023, 168, pp.103702. ⟨10.1016/j.ijplas.2023.103702⟩. ⟨hal-04169225⟩
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